1930 – 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
1937 – Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
1946 – Garson Kanin’s “Born Yesterday” premieres in NYC
1950 – IV British Empire Games open in Auckland, New Zealand
1951 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
1962 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
1991 – Baseball’s Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose, due to his betting on games while a player and manager
1997 – US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
2006 – A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71
2012 – Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland